I love horror, but I am generally sceptical.
Today I am writing to you to discuss some haunted/cursed chairs.
These chairs can be found in Newport in Rhode Island in America. This is one of the oldest towns in America, which I suppose could have given it a greater opportunity to collect stories, objects, ghosts and ghouls.
These chairs can be found in Belcourt Castle, which was built in the 1890’s. The castle has a history of containing haunted objects and general supernatural shenaniganry. But some of the most well known are the chairs. There are two chairs in particular which claim to have either a curse or a spirit attached to them. When people sit on these chairs they claim to have suffered from a very unpleasant nauseous feeling, along with feeling cold and generally uncomfortable. Some have described feelings akin to static electricity on their skin, particularly their hands, when they sit in the chairs. Some people claim that sitting in the chairs felt similar to sitting in someone else’s lap and lastly several visitors have been forcibly ejected from the chairs by an invisible force.
What do you think? Do you think the chairs are really haunted? Or do you think this is some kind of self-fulfilling prophecy where you expect to feel unwell and unwelcome in these chairs so you do? What about those forcefully ejected? Is it a prank or is it real?
Letters from a Horror Writer 
I think when people are “primed” to react a certain way, they become biased to acting in that way. Also, I’m surprised people are allowed to sit in these historical chairs. Preservation?
I agree, alot of this is in creating an atmosphere, priming people. Also that’s a bloody good point, no preservation for those chairs.